Says Regan: "I joined The Monkeys four years ago because it was the biggest, most interesting challenge Icould think of. It's been a wild ride and one I have no regrets taking. I'm proud of what I've helped the agency achieve and confidentthat its success will continue."

Says co-founder and ECD of the Monkeys, Justin Drape: "There were 15 people in the agency when Noah joined and today we have 105so clearly he's made an invaluable contribution with his creativity and relentless passion for the work. We wish him all the best with the next chapter of his life and look forward to crashing on his lounge next time we're in Singapore."

Before The Monkeys Regan worked at DDB in London under one of the world's great
Creative Directors, Jeremy Craigen. While there he created several award
winning campaigns for Volkswagen, Harvey Nichols and Marmite, helping
DDB London rank 3rd at the 2008 Cannes International Advertising
Festival.

Before DDB London Regan worked at Saatchi & Saatchi
Sydney for eight years where he won numerous international awards including
Cannes, One Show, Clio and featured regularly in local award shows
AWARD, The Work and Caxtons. His work for Toyota, Lexus, Emirates, Lion
Nathan and the United Nations was an integral part of the agency's three
consecutive Campaign Brief Agency of the Year wins.

There are just as many times Ogilvy Singapore has been the victim of dodgy hires.
This is not the case for Noah.
Lets not turn his good news into an agency bashing thread.
Silence negativity.
Play fair
.Spread positivity.

You've been swallowing too much of the Martin Sorrell Kool-Aid. Hope your apologist role at least comes with a big check.

Creativity and the WPP Group in general is an oxymoron, especially Ogilvy, most definitely Singapore.

It's where CDs go to get a payout, after they're played out.

If you thought that The Monkeys were fond of 'sampling' the work of others, with a few minor changes of course, and 'adapting' it liberally for their clients (Ship Song from the BBC, Star from Richard Cheese), hoping no one would notice here at the edge of civilisation, just imagine how well that will go over in a part of the world that prides itself on plagiarism.

We reckon the newcomer will fit right in, so long as he doesn't spit on the sidewalk.

In case you think these comments are too negative (did someone actually say 'fuck negativity in the face' and expect to be taken seriously?), we're absolutely positive that you're wrong.

The East was long referred to as 'The Elephant's Graveyard' - a retirement home for Australian creatives whose careers had burnt out - prior to the Droga revival of Singapore quite some time ago. It would be interesting to know why Noah chose this route. He seems a little young to take this career option. Did he jump or was he pushed?

@: @swings both ways
I presume that you are still one of WPP's winged monkeys, not?
Don't worry-there's life outside of WPP.
Give it a try! It aint that scary-just quit.
But leave their accounts alone until your 'no solicitation' block out period expires.
If you don't have a 'no solicitation' block out period, you must be either very old or not high up the food chain.
Stay happy.

PS: Post-Droga Singapore is a creative blackhole. But the money's good and the tax is low.
As low as the chance of getting an award for a legit work for a big brand.

For Aussie creatives who sincerely want to improve their books, it's like Changi prison with better grub and booze.
Unless you have a decent housing allowance, it's tiny rooms, with housemates.
For posers who just want to try out the big chair, add their names on the credits on R&D work from the muppets under your thumb and swan about the awards circuit, it's the bee's knees.
But save your money, cause the next stop will be hong kong or vietnam.

Congratulations, you're leaving a local agency that you had a stake in, but one that was and is filled with innumerable problems, conflicts, and a questionable approach to doing business, to take a CD role at arguably one of the most creative and respected agencies in the world.

Commiserations, it's with their branch in Singapore. Don't despair, Mr. Hegarty comes to visit once every two years, and the currency is on par with the Kiwi dollar, so it's safe as houses, just not in the Eastern Suburbs.

Sadly the days of company 911s and SLCs went away in the nineties.
Along with the packaged fully furnished multi story townhouse or sprawling bungalow with live-in maids and hot & cold running bimbos.
Back then, you could bank your entire paycheque, put all your lunch & bar tabs (especially those which the production house didnt pick up) to a company expense and charge your weekly supermarket bill along with your kid's school fees to the agency.
(There was a cheeky MD who listed his sister-in-law as his daughter and claimed moving allowances from a pre-WPP Ogilvy.)
And the best part?
ECDs weren't expected to do a lick of work or win any awards.
Just turn up by noon. And decide where the next creative department friday lunch will be held.